Presidente do Banco da China lidera delegação em visita à UM

A delegation led by Ge Haijiao, chairman of the board of the Bank of China, visited the University of Macau (UM) today (27 August) to learn about the university’s education achievements and latest developments. The delegation was warmly received by Lam Kam Seng Peter, chair of the University Council of UM, and Yonghua Song, rector of UM.

Song expressed gratitude to the Bank of China for supporting UM, the development of higher education in Macao, and the training of finance professionals in Macao. He gave the delegation an overview of UM’s history and development, and highlighted the university’s commitment to nurturing talent who love the country and Macao and producing more research results to help the Macao SAR promote economic diversification and integrate into national development. Ge spoke highly of UM’s achievements, and said that the university’s rapid development in recent years was impressive. Both parties expressed their desire to leverage their respective strengths to deepen cooperation in the training of modern finance professionals and industry-academia collaboration.

The delegation also visited the BOC Centennial Building and the Faculty of Business Administration (FBA), where Yu Jun, dean of FBA, and Lei Chun Kwok, associate head of the Department of Finance and Business Economics, presented the latest developments of the faculty.